Thursday, June 2, 2011

Total chocolate chip cookies ..


Joy  is a huge fan of Payal's  baking... This quiet sweet girl is  an all rounder.. represents her college in hockey, scores A s, bakes  a mean brownie/ choco-chip cookies !!!  That's quiet a combination, isn't it! Payal shared this recipe with me after Joy went all gaga over the cookies Payal had baked...
Ingredients:
125 gm Dark chocolate (min 70% cocoa solids)
150 gms Flour
30 gm Cocoa sieved
1 Tbspn Bi-carbonate of soda
1/2 tspn of salt
125 gms butter
75 gms light brown sugar ( I used regular sugar)
50 gms White sugar
1 tspn vanilla extract
1 egg, cold.
350 gms semi-sweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 170 degrees Centigrade.
Melt the dark chocolate in microwave.
Sieve  flour, cocoa, bi-carb of soda and salt in a bowl.
Cream butter and sugar in another bowl. Add melted chocolate and mix together.
Beat in vanilla extract and cold egg. Then mix in dry ingredients. Finally stir in the choco chips.
Scoop out 12 mounds. Place on lined baking sheet, about 6 cm apart. Do not flatten.
Bake for 18 minutes and leave it to cool for four to five minutes.